St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-16
they're TRULY GOOD.
The Republican Clubs Meet
in Convention at New
York City.
The Saloons Are Denounced,
and Also the Wicked
White Men
Who Live in the South and
Manage to Out-Vote
the Negroes.
John S. Wise, Of Virginia,
Wants Hickory Clubs to
Kill Democrats.
THE REPUBLICAN CLUBS.
They Have Declared War on the
IiuuOr Element.

New YORK. Dec. 15.-StandardS bear
ing the names of the states of the Union
were scattered throughout Chickering
hall at 1880 this morning when the
doors were thrown open for the First
National Republican club convention.
Under these standards the delegates
from the state will be seated. Twelve
hundred tickets have already been is
sued to delegates and still they come.
The largest delegations come from New
York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Massachu-
sets. New Jersey and Rhode Island.
The territories are here too. After II
o'clock the hall began to fill rapidly and
at 1l:40 a. m. Joseph Poll. chairman
of the convention organization,
called the convention to order.
Rev. Dr. Macarthur offered prayer. He
invoked the divine guidance for the con-
yentiOn and prayed that the members
might remember that nothing could be
right i'll politics which was wrong in
morals: that he served his party best
who served his God best. Secretary
Gleason read the call for the convention.
JONES p. Foster, president of the Re
publican club of New York. was intro
duced and welcomed the delegates. He
said: MIR. Chairman and Delegates
to the National Convention of
that | extend to the delegates on
behalf of the Republican club of the
city of New York, a most hearty and
cordial welcome to this city and to the
duties and work of this convention. We
are told that could the water be drained
from the ocean bed the course of the
slave traders could be traced by the
skeletons of the slaves who died at sea.
the ocean on which Democracy is now
sailing and disclose those Democratic
skeletons of discOrd, principle and
broken faith, of corruption and intimi-
datiOn at the polls, and the last attempt
to beguile the people under the
guiSe Of 4 congressional message by
issuing a manifesto Oh free trade, false
in its utteranceS and untrue in its con-
illusions. We propose to organize, to go
out and beyond the individual in order
that we may work for some principle
higher and broader than the single man,
for he who is selfiShly working for him
self Is danger to be avoided. He will
surely make a ShipWreck of every one
who is attached to him. Hence we have
by common consent agreed to that Just
and only true rule: That this cOnYen-
ton shall not name, recommend or NOM
mate any candidate for office but we
shall organize. We propose an Organi-
cation whereby the teachings of a tariff
10 protect the industries Of the land
may be readily and quickly disSem-
mated in plain language to be under
stood by Wage-carnerS and Wage-payerS;
a tariff high enough to reduce the sur
plus and To give employment to our citi-
Zens at home: to insure market for our
goods and q living to the wOrkmen bet
I,,l,
ever known. We propose an OrganiZa-
ton that shall diScOuntenance and put
TO shame those personal attacks upon
candidates. whereby the private char
acter and home life are baSely aSSailed
and public scandal for political ends
UnjuStly created. We propose an Or
ganiZatiOn that shall say to the saloon:
BE We removed from politics lapplausel;
you who create pauperS and insanity
and criminals shall no longer WELD the
power of government in this land. This
then is the mission of this convention"
At the conclusion of his remarks,
Daniel J. Ryan, of Ohio, was nominated
for temporary chairman. Nathan Golf,
of West Virginia, was also placed in
nomination. Amid wild excitement
and confusion, the call of the roll was
begun. Ryan was elected by majority
of five votes, the convention standing,
Ryan. 159; Golf, 154. The vote for Ryan
was then made unanimous. Mr.. Pool
then appointed Gen. Golf and Col. John
Atkinson to escort Judge Ryan to the
chair. He said: 1--WE are here to-day to
reOrganiZe the clubs of the country into
a permanent organization. We are
here to boom the Republican party and
not any one in it. We are here on
most important business occasion. Be
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once, | shall now ask your pleasure"
A number of secretaries were then
chosen and vice president for each
state selected. This was slow work, land
at its conclusion the convention adj
jOurned until tomorrow morning at 10
o'clock.
THE SEVERAL COMMITTEES
met at o'clock. Senator Chandler. of
New Hampshire. was chosen chairman
of the committee on rules: G.. S. Batch
elOr. of New York. of that on creden-
tialS: f. II. Cruger, of Michigan, per-
manent convention organization; J. A.
kaSSOn. of Iowa, on resolutions. and
James Boyle. of Ohio. on league club
organization. The committee on rules
and order Of business prepared the fol-
lowing report:
FirSt-That the unit of representa-
llbll. WHICH lllt IOll-Cdll Is UEsildDUetl IN
the chairmen of five states or terri
tories. shall be that of the club: each
club to have one vote, 10 be determined
by majority of the delegates present.
SecOnd-Each state shall have a chair
man who shall announce the vote of the
various clubs of the state, and object to
q demand for roll call of the clubs for
that state by any one of its clubs.
ThiTd-The order of business shall be:
], Reports of committees; II, ere
dentialS; III. permanent organization;
", extension of club organization; Y,
resolutions.
Fourth-NO person shall be permitted
to speak on any pending question more
than five minutes without the consent
of the convention.
The other committees appointed sub
committees to report at 9 O'Clock tO-mor-
row morning. This evening the clubs
held
4 PUBLIC MEETING
in Cooper union. Despite the rain, which
had been falling all day, there was
large attendance, including many ladies.
Among those on the platform when the
meeting was opened were: Col. Daniel
j. Ryan. temporary chairman of the
convention: eX-COngresSman MahlOn
Chance and Judge King, of Ohio; Judge
Ienny. OF California, and T.. A. Sumner,
of Minnesota. The first speaker was
Hon. John II. Lynch, the cOlOred orator
of Mississippi. He said he was there
to speak on the suppression of the
cOlOred vote in the South. In his part
of the country they believed that up
here there were Republicans who be-
lieved that speaking of the suppression
of the Republican vote in the South is
waving the bloody shirt. But he would
explain what the suppression meant.
Jefferson Davis is former constituent
of his. He lived in the district in which
he (NIr. Lynch represented in congress.
He thought he would still represent that
district if fair vote could be made.